Kivulini is a registered non-governmental organisation based in Mwanza, Tanzania.

It was founded in 1999 by six Tanzanian women could not sit back and simply watch the rampant violence against women and girls taking place in their communities.

In Swahili, Kivulini means “in the shade”; Kivulini implies a place of safety, perhaps under a tree, where people meet for discussions and offer support to one another.

For more than ten years, Kivulini has been mobilising entire communities to break free of domestic violence and to respect and value the rights of women and girls.  We believe that violence against women does not just happen, but is entrenched in societal norms and practices, therefore we strive to tackle the root causes of violence. In collaboration with a wide network of partners, we work to facilitate an enabling social and legal environment for women and girls and to create opportunities for communities to organise towards preventing violence so that women and girls are able to live life fully.

Kivulini ni registered shirika lisilo la kiserikali mjini Mwanza, Tanzania.

Ni ilianzishwa mwaka 1999 na wanawake sita wa Tanzania hakuweza kukaa nyuma na kuangalia tu ghasia rampant dhidi ya wanawake na wasichana kuchukua nafasi katika jamii zao.

Katika Kiswahili, Kivulini lina maana ya "katika kivuli"; Kivulini ina mahali pa usalama, pengine chini ya mti, ambapo watu kukutana kwa ajili ya majadiliano na msaada kutoa kwa mtu mwingine.

Kwa zaidi ya miaka kumi, Kivulini imekuwa kuhamasisha jamii nzima kuvunja huru ya unyanyasaji na heshima na thamani ya haki za wanawake na wasichana. Tunaamini kwamba, unyanyasaji dhidi ya wanawake si tu kutokea, lakini ni mwiko mkubwa katika kanuni za jamii na mazoea, kwa hiyo sisi kujitahidi kukabiliana na mzizi wa sababu ya unyanyasaji. Kwa kushirikiana na mtandao mpana wa washirika, sisi kazi ili kuwezesha kuwepo kwa mazingira ya kijamii na kisheria kwa ajili ya wanawake na wasichana na kujenga fursa kwa ajili ya jumuiya ya kupanga kwa kuzuia ghasia ili wanawake na wasichana na uwezo wa kuishi maisha kikamilifu.